Wednesday 29 February 2012

Michael: Reduction linocut, stage 6 and 7

Stage 6: Blue shadow for the wall that goes all the way across the picture.

Reduction linocut, stage 6

Stage 7: Spot the difference.

Reduction linocut, stage 7

As soon as I had printed all of stage 6, I realised I'd forgotten to put on all the blue that I needed. So stage 7 has just a bit more ink (nearer the top of the image).

Monday 27 February 2012

Michael: Reduction linocut stages 4 and 5

Two stages for the price of one.

Stage 4 has just a slightly darker green at the bottom of the image.

Reduction linocut, stage 4

Stage 5 has a darker green over the rest of the picture.

Reduction linocut, stage 5

Can anyone identify the subject yet?

Friday 24 February 2012

Michael: Reduction linocut, stage 3

Next layer has a gradient from blue-green down to yellow-green.

Reduction linocut, stage 3

Thursday 23 February 2012

Michael: Linocut, stage 2

Another layer of colours; fingers crossed that they're not already too dark.

Linocut, stage 2

Tuesday 14 February 2012

Monday 13 February 2012

Michael: New print

Here's the first layer (though there's not much to see yet):

Linocut, stage 1

To get some variation in what will be beds of flowers, I inked the block in selected places, using different colours. (Which works well -- apart from when you've finished, you realise that you have five rollers to clean...)

Wednesday 1 February 2012